Title: Filter Error Message Notice
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Filter Error Message Notice

 *  [Jon Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jb510/)
 * (@jb510)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/)
 * Currently the error message reads:
    Sorry, but our system has recognised you 
   as a spammer. If you believe this to be an error, please contact us so that we
   can rectify the situation.
 * Which a false positive commenter pointed out isn’t the most friendly verbage.
 * While this string is translatable pot files aren’t provided. They’re not hard
   to make, it’s be nicer if this strong was filterable.
 * I forked the GH repo and would be happy to put in a PR for this.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/spam-destroyer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/spam-destroyer/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Jon Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jb510/)
 * (@jb510)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/#post-4781324)
 * Note the “friendlier” message we came up with was:
 * Sorry, but our system has recognized you may be a spammer. You comment has been
   held in our moderation queue. A human will review it shortly and if it’s not 
   spam, we’ll gladly publish it.
 * If you believe this moderation hold to be in error, please first ensure that 
   you have Javascript and Cookies enabled in your browser. If after checking those
   are enabled you’re still having problems please contact us so that we can rectify
   the situation.
 *  Plugin Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/#post-4781359)
 * That’s an excellent idea! Where is your repo? I’m happy to implement that change.
 * I have another idea which will be implemented in a future version, and that is
   instead of an error message, just forcing the user to answer a CAPTCHA. So 99.99%
   of users will just sail on through, but spammers and unlucky folks would simply
   have to answer a CAPTCHA.
 *  Thread Starter [Jon Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jb510/)
 * (@jb510)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/#post-4781363)
 * Doh! Feel foolish. I looked on GH and saw the plugin and assumed it was yours,
   it was actually the new WordPress.og plugins mirror.
 * Regardless, commit is here:
    [https://github.com/jb510/spam-destroyer/commit/ed8139076a3f206c2c955ae9d7b4318bc6a93160](https://github.com/jb510/spam-destroyer/commit/ed8139076a3f206c2c955ae9d7b4318bc6a93160)
 * Example of filter in use:
 *     ```
       /**
        * Filter Spam Destoryer Error Notice
        * @return $string
        */
       function gmp_sd_error_notice() {
       	return '<div id="comments-error-message"><p><b>' . __( 'Sorry, but our system has recognized you may be a spammer.  Your comment has been held in our spam moderation queue.  A human will review it shortly and if it’s not spam, we’ll publish it.  If you believe this hold to be in error, please first ensure that you have Javascript and Cookies enabled in your browser.  If after checking that you are still having this problem please contact us so that we can rectify the situation. ', 'text_domain' ) . '</b></p></div>';
       }
       add_filter('sd_error_notice', 'gmp_sd_error_notice');
       ```
   
 * Its quick and rough, obviously feel free to modify things if you prefer something
   else.
 *  Plugin Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/#post-4781364)
 * Considering how many people have contributed to this project, I should probably
   put this onto Github too.
 * Thanks for the contribution 🙂
 * I have a few plans for this plugin which I need to sit down and implement. I 
   tried adding a huge number of changes a while back, but it all turned to heck
   as I ended up stuck in bug hell. But there are a lot of small adjustments which
   can be made to improve it, so I need to do that some time, starting with your
   helpful addition.
 *  Thread Starter [Jon Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jb510/)
 * (@jb510)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/#post-4781367)
 * Cool. Yeah, I kind of gave up on dealing with .org’s SVN unless I really absolutely
   have to.
 *  Plugin Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/#post-4781517)
 * This has been added the official repository, plus I’ve created a repository here
   on GitHub for pull requests … [https://github.com/ryanhellyer/spam-destroyer](https://github.com/ryanhellyer/spam-destroyer)
 * There is a link to your website in the credits section now too.
 *  Thread Starter [Jon Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jb510/)
 * (@jb510)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filter-error-message-notice/#post-4781518)
 * Cool. Thanks again!

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